Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 06:12:45 -0500
Reply-To: Frank Terhaar-Yonkers <fty@CISCO.COM>
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From: Frank Terhaar-Yonkers <fty@CISCO.COM>
Subject: Re: LINUX will double gerry's speed
NT "user friendly?" Excuse my while I stop laughing ..
If all you do is install a couple of shrink-wrap apps, sure.
Anything else and it's a nightmare.
Linux and/or FreeBSD (another free Unix variant) are far more robust and
stable.
This is an email gateway server that I maintain for an elementary school.
It runs FreeBSD 2.8 on a 486/66 and is quite adequate for the job:
(oge)~ ->uptime
5:54AM up 42 days, 15:51, 3 users, load averages: 0.08, 0.02, 0.01
The only reason the uptime is that short, is because that's when I installed
it.
I don't know how Linux is setup WRT application ports, but on FreeBSD it can't
be easier. i.e. to install the Apache web server:
login
cd /usr/ports/www/apache13
make
make install
The make, fetches the tar file from wherever it lives, applies patches
compiles and installs a working default config.
- Frank
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
>I think it's quite simple. NT is real user-friendly and takes very little
>"in depth" working knowledge to run it. As with anything else in software,
>there is usually a better way. It just depends on who's side your more
>comfortable with or how much stock you have in the company. :-) Because
>technology changes so rapidly, you need to evaluate new technology and
>determine which is the best direction, with support, one wants to take their
>company. The idea that every one is using it, is a poor example of keeping
>up with changing technology. I believe that whatever operating system is
>running, it will crash--nothing is perfect or foolproof.
>
>Bill
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: moon <moon@BINTERACTIVE.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Date: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 2:02 PM
>Subject: Re: LINUX will double gerry's speed
>
>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>Subject: Re: LINUX will double gerry's speed
>>>NT is the most popular server OS for good reason.
>>
>>yes, a well calculated reason.
>>
>>> Memory is dirt cheap, so
>>>that's no issue at all. NT, when set up properly, by somebody who knows
>>>how, is a very stable platform.
>>>
>>>Bill (SE Arizona) (Bill@freeholder.com) HTTP://www.freeholder.com
>>>----------------------------------------------------------
>>>You can't do everything, but you can do something.
>>>You can't help everyone, but you can help someone.
>>>Even one candle helps to push back the darkness.
>>
>>if it's a memory hog, then throw more memory at it - is that the idea?
>>how about, it's a memory hog, get some better software...
>>
>>moon
>
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